PSYC 2230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Nociception, Epicurus, Infante

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2230
• Professor: Pauline Charlton

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Hedonism we do things to obtain pleasure; seeking pleasure and avoiding pain (by epicurus and later plato) Hedonic theories say that cues and stimuli have motivational properties because they become associated with positive/ negative experiences. Hobbes = all actions are motivated by desire to get pleasre and avoid pain. Spencer = pleasureable behaviours have survivial value; pleasurable behaviours are adaptive over history of species; pleasure/ pain were important modifiers of behaviour. Vision, audition, cutaneous touch, and kinesthesis = neutroception. Pain, bitter taste, intense salt, intense sour, bad smells, cold, excessive. Heat, hunger, thirst, and some visceral responses = nociception. Erotic stimuli, sweet tastes, some pleasant smells, low intensities of salt. And sour, and some visceral responses = beneceptive stimuli. According to troland, the hedonic value of an object in environment is closely related to the sensory qualities it possesses and the effect those stimuli have on ns in terms of the.